Learning Disability
Segment: Disability
Subsegment Description
All people with a learning disability diagnosis, including Down’s syndrome
Data Definition
All people with a learning disability, as defined above, recorded during:
- a hospital admission (recorded either as the reason for admission or as a co-morbidity),
- an outpatient appointment,
- a referral to community services for their learning disability care,
- a specialist inpatient admission,
- a mental health services appointment or admission, including for ‘Improving Access to Psychological Therapies’ services, or
- a GP appointment (for people with diabetes in the NDA data)
Clinical Code Usage
- 12 ICD-10 diagnosis codes
Data Sources
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Physical Disability
Segment: Disability
Subsegment Description
All people with a disability diagnosis where physical function is affected. This includes:
- Neurological conditions such as Huntington’s disease
- Congenital conditions such as cerebral palsy
- Conditions that affect gait, such as ataxic gait
- Injuries that cause musculoskeletal damage
- Amputations
- Severe visual or hearing impairment
Data Definition
All people with a physical disability, as defined above, recorded during:
- a hospital admission (recorded either as the reason for admission or as a co-morbidity, or a relevant procedure is recorded such as an amputation),
- an outpatient appointment,
- a referral to community services for their congenital condition cerebral palsy care, or an attendance at a musculoskeletal disability or hearing specialist service
Clinical Code Usage
- 94 ICD-10 diagnosis codes
- 6 OPCS procedure codes
- 5 Service Line codes
Data Sources
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